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18 month works program (25 minutes of pollution)

Background In Mitigation

• Single pollution incident involving the release of • It was stated that this was an isolated incident of 25
silt laden water into a tributary of the River Rother minutes during an 18 month contract and the
in Burwash company was of previous good character

• The EA discovered a brown discharge
downstream of the works after a member of the
public reported the discoloured water

• Further investigation showed that the river was
visually and locally impacted on a temporary
basis

• There was no evidence that local wildlife was
adversely affected

Fine £54,000
Costs £5,955

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